Messidor

The formula, I Pray God to have you in His holy keeping, with which the letter to Regnier closed, was another step of Napoleon in the knowledge of ancient usages, with which he was not sufficiently familiar when he wrote Cambaceres on the day succeeding his elevation to the Imperial throne; at the same time it must be confessed that this formula assorted awkwardly with the month of "Messidor," and the

The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

'The citizens of the Commune of Compiègne and of the District celebrated a civic festival on the 26 of this month (Messidor) in memory of the taking of the Bastille and in rejoicing for the recent victories of our armies.

27 July -- Bl Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. John 2009

'The citizens of the Commune of Compiègne and of the District celebrated a civic festival on the 26 of this month (Messidor) in memory of the taking of the Bastille and in rejoicing for the recent victories of our armies.

The Holy Martyrs of Compiegne John 2009

That calendar was indeed an absurd innovation, for the new denominations of the months were not applicable in all places, even in France; the corn of Provence did not wait to be opened by the sun of the month of Messidor.

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

He commenced by ordering the Moniteur to be dated "Saturday," such a day of "Messidor."

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

On the 13th of July 1794 (25th Messidor, year II), the representatives of the people with the army of Italy ordered that General Bonaparte should proceed to Genoa, there, conjointly with the French 'charge d'affaires', to confer on certain subjects with the Genoese Government.

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Done at Fort St. Elmo, the 22d Messidor, in the seventh year of the

The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison

This name is given to the convention of the 26th Messidor, year IX

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Two years later a decree, dated 3 Messidor, Year XII, suppressing certain congregations which had come into existence in spite of the law, added a provision that the civil authority could, by decree, formally authorize such associations after having taken cognizance of their statutes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Messidor brought its quota of wild roses in the hedgerows, just as archaic June had done.

I Will Repay Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906